@TCManiacs Blogs: 10/31/10

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Chained for Life featuring famous "Siamese" Hilton Twins | Watch free

Chained for Life is a 1951 exploitation film featuring the famous conjoined ("Siamese") Hilton Twins, Daisy and Violet. It features several vaudeville acts, including juggler Whitey Roberts, a man doing bicycle stunts, and a man who plays The William Tell Overture at breakneck speed on an accordion. The movie incorporates aspects of the twins' real life, including their singing act, a futile attempt by one sister to obtain a marriage license, and a publicity-stunt marriage.

The twins' voices are featured in three duets, including "Every Hour of Every Day" and "Love Thief". The movie was directed by Harry L. Fraser.

In 1932, the twins appeared as themselves in the movie Freaks.

Watch William Castle's House on Haunted Hill Free Online

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House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American B movie horror film from Allied Artists. It was directed by William Castle, written by Robb White, and starring Vincent Price. It is the tale of five people invited to stay the night in a haunted house by an eccentric millionaire, Fredrick Loren (Vincent Price), who is throwing the "party" for his fourth wife, Annabelle (Carol Ohmart), with the stipulation that the power will be out and all doors will be locked at midnight, allowing no accessible escape. Anyone who stays in the house for the entire night, given that they are still alive, will each receive $10,000.

The film has since become public domain, available on House On Haunted Hill available for free download at the Internet Archive or watch online compliments of TCManiacs right here:

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